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Do you really need all this spiritual crap? | Thursday Zen, LIVE
Friday, 30 October, 2026
Polish the turd of “me” long enough and it still won’t shine. A Thursday Zen rant for anyone who’s done everything "right" and is still seeking that enlightenment fix. From our live YouTube conversation here. Topics: A warning to the seeking energy that wants to polish itself until the self disappears Zubin’s story: the doctor and YouTuber who was miserable no matter what he achieved The core sense of brokenness, unworthiness, and separation behind the seeking The spiritual path as becoming an enlightened self, and the books and teachers that went with it Meditation, self inquiry, and resting as the I am, and why it felt like torture Glimpses and retreat insights as experiences for a “me” The spiritual industrial complex and why YouTube feeds it A slow, torturous disillusionment with every practice and guru A message for seekers: there is no future, no better, and no one Why wanting to lose the me is the me wanting the me gone Shadow work and trauma stories as more of the same story The nuclear reactor of unworthiness, and what happened when it collapsed What changed: spontaneous yes and no, no more people pleasing, and a nicer guy Whether you need spiritual practices (if they show up, they show up) Preferences remain, but nobody is left to own what people think Comment: panic attacks, the second arrow, and life showing up as panic Why it feels impossible to the one who wants it The mirage and the water, and how nothing is rejected Tony Parsons and Jim Newman, and how everyone points differently Disillusionment with teachers, and “I’m not a teacher” Free will, progress, and moving through the universe A Star Trek tangent (Kirk versus Picard) Zoroastrian roots, the Avesta, and why no belief stuck Is “no self” just another belief, and how daily life has changed Is non-duality another form of escapism, and what spiritual bypass looks like Money, wealth, and a message with no conditions Zen at war and why beliefs are useless The word “influencer,” and the loving character underneath the oppositional one Money fears, doubt, and Tim Cliss’s “doubtless uncertainty” Supporting your kids and the fear of ending up on the street Would mega wealth change anything, and billionaires as powerful seekers Studying Zen Buddhism, and why practice is an epiphenomenon Why awakening seems correlated with practice The descriptive versus prescriptive fallacy, and teachers who sell techniques Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
